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SpaceX, Dragon Capsule & Falcon 9: Latest News
Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is a commercial company aiming to launch cargo, and eventually people, to low-Earth orbit. The firm is developing its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster under contracts from NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program and its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
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Dragon's success shows that commercial vehicles have the right stuff.
The unmanned commercial spacecraft Dragon from SpaceX will pull up to the station at 11 am ET.
SpaceX's Dragon is cleared to attempt to dock at the space station early tomorrow.
SpaceX and Tesla occasionally share test facilities, but the cooperation goes deeper than that.
Cameras onboard Dragon reveal the view inside the private space capsule as it flies to the space station.
The SpaceX Dragon capsule will fly within 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) of the space station early Thursday.
The Dragon space capsule is due to rendezvous at the space station Thursday.
The Dragon capsule's liftoff brought SpaceX CEO Elon Musk relief and elation.
SpaceX's employees and Elon Musk celebrate the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket carry the Dragon capsule from their mission control center in California on May 22, 2012.
SpaceX's Dragon capsule still has to chase down and berth with the space station.
The ashes of James Doohan launched on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket today.
Private spaceflight got a boost today when SpaceX's Dragon launched successfully.
Experts and industry officials were quick to congratulate SpaceX.
See astounding photos of SpaceX's Dragon capsule as it launched to the International Space Station bearing cargo.
Dragon lifted off atop a column of fire in pre-dawn Florida skies.
The Falcon 9 rocket will launch a private capsule to the space station at 3:44 a.m. ET.
The new commercial Dragon capsule will help three government ships supply the space station.
Get to know the California-based private spaceflight company SpaceX.
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